Everyone should have to pass a basic automotive knowledge course before getting their driver’s license.
That’s not a thing where you live?
At least where I live, the licensing test covers rules of the road, not automotive knowledge. I think this commenter was referring to some test covering very surface-level knowledge of vehicles, with a focus on ways to tell if a car is unasafe to drive.
I’m in Sweden, we get two big books of just theory stuff. There are entire sections on how deep the patterns must be, when you are allowed to use what type of tyres (summer, friction, studded), etc. along with what consequences there are.
You must have winter tyres between the 1st of December and the 31st of March, so long as there may be snow or ice on the roads. Studded tires are only allowed between the 1st of October through to the 15th of April as they wear down the roads and cause excessive pollution.
There is so much general car knowledge. Warning lights, optimal tyre pressure (which is variable depending on your car and the load), how to drive in an eco-friendly manner, child seats, it never fucking ends.
holy shit, my book was like 50 pages total, mostly about what signs meant.
Oh the signs are in different books.
I’m sure the evil intolerant mechanic guy wanted to remove them for some fake, made-up reasons like “you’re gonna die if you ride with these”.
I’m guessing the answer is “no, cos freedom” or something, but do you not have to get a road worthiness certification updated periodically in America?
Most places annually through either smog or state inspection. Some states don’t have any kind of state inspection though.
Ah, you’ve been to the Hoosier state then. On behalf of those of us who live there, we apologize.
Owning a beater was soo much easier though! And, as I started driving there I’m thankful, 'cause I had a beater. I remember it was a huge deal when we moved to Ohio because we would have to actually have the state inspect our families cars for the first time since purchase.
These are the same people who drive with paper-thin, or even fully rusted off, brake rotors. And then they yell at the mechanics for “upselling them” on brake maintenance.
I firmly believe that brakes should be the absolute last thing to fail on a car. The tires can rupture, the steering shatter, and the car snapped in two, but I must be able to bring the remaining wreckage to a stop.
Sure, whatever you say guy who definitely isn’t a shady up-selling mechanic
How can something called a brake, break?
That obviously just makes it more brake
Breaking through the flat rubber to find the secret second layer of tread
My shits F L U F F Y
